Q1109602

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Canes Venatici
Right ascension: 12 13 16.860
Declination: +43 ° 41 ′ 53.77 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 929 km/s
Distance: 55 million light years
Group or cluster: Ursa Major Cluster
Type: Sc
Size: 80,000 ly (diameter)
Apparent size v: 6.39 x 0.39

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Image: Hubble portrays a dusty spiral galaxy.jpg

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Article

NGC 4183 is a spiral galaxy with a faint core and an open spiral structure located about 55 million light-years from the Sun. Spanning about eighty thousand light-years, it appears in the constellation of Canes Venatici. NGC 4183 was observed for the first time by British astronomer William Herschel on 14 January 1788.

NGC 4183 is a member of the NGC 4111 Group, which is part of the Ursa Major Cloud and is the second largest group in the cloud after the NGC 3992 Group.